One That Got Away

Product Description: If you’re familiar with the world of hunting, you know how important dogs are in the field. Less known, however, is how vital these canines are to fishermen. For many anglers, packing your tackle and wading through the river without a trusted fishing dog is a recipe for disaster...read more

Product Description: Fishing Stories nets an abundant catch of wonderful writing in a wide variety of genres and styles. The moods range from the rollicking humor of Rudyard Kipling’s “On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art” and the rural gothic of Annie Proulx’s “The Wer-Trout” to the haunting elegy of Norman Maclean’s “A River Runs Through It...read more

Product Description: Travis Lofland makes his living as a deckhand and cook on the Bering Sea doing one of the deadliest jobs on the planet: Alaskan king crab fishing. But you don’t have to travel the seven seas to taste the best food the ocean has to offer...read more

Product Description: Did a nun really invent the first flies for fly-fishing? Yes. Dame Juliana Berners was a remarkable woman: devout catholic nun and the credited inventor of fly-fishing. From boar-hunting on horseback with nothing but a spear to facing off with greedy priests determined to further impoverish her convent and family of faithful sisters, Dame Juliana's story will surprise and inspire you...read more

A collection of fishing stories explores the mystifying world of fly-fishing and discusses farm ponds, the tenacity of brook trout, and the peculiar sport of gar shooting

Product Description: Jeremy's whole life changed the day his mother left. When his mother leaves with the father of his worst enemy at school, nine-year-old Jeremy seeks to make sense of her abandonment. He throws himself into recreating the Book of Birds, a collection of drawings that his mother took with her on the day she left...read more

Using a mouse as bait instead of a worm, an old woman fishes all night long, confusing the fishermen as well as the Man in the Moon.

Presents a collection of essays and anecdotes about trout fishing.

Product Description: A normal day in the life of those who live on the small, rocky island of Mykines in the Faroes Islands is demanding enough. However, nothing will ever compare to the unforgettable one that comes to the island one blustery fall day, especially for young 16-year-old Sven Klakk...read more

A young boy spends a sunny afternoon fishing with his grandfather and together they develop a bond of love and respect as they search for a largemouth bass they call Albert Einstein.

The award-winning singer/songwriter describes his passion for fishing and recounts several fishing stories of his own and those of friends.

Seth Norman is one of America's finest sporting writers. He is the recipient of the 1998 award for best fiction by Fly Rod & Reel magazine. Here is a collection of his finest stories, including many entirely new tales never before published. Seth takes the reader way beyond mere technique, (although there is plenty to be learned by reading this book), to another level of understanding the intricate, interwoven texture of life and fishing. He will delight and surprise you with his lyrical narratives. His writing can evoke bittersweet memories and deep introspection or make you laugh out loud. You will read it over and over again. Not to be missed, this is the premier book by a singular talent in the world of sporting literature. We are very happy to offer this fine volume from a writer we will all be enjoying for many years. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A treasury of great essays and yarns by the author of Anatomy of a Murder. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 46 unforgettable fish tales as told by America's finest writers. As editor Lamar Underwood states in his introduction, The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told will take you fishing in two kinds of places: those like the ones you have never fished but would like to try, and those like the ones you have fished and enjoy remembering...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

During the night, the torch fishermen stand on the beach and catch fish with torches held high, but Makoa's grandfather catches fish beyond the horizon by holding the sun in his net. By the illustrator of Under the Breadfruit Tree.

In the iron-hulled trawlers which plough the ocean off New England, James Pfeiffer gains insights into the truths behind stories he heard as a child - rumours of killer whales and sharks, and ghost ships in the fog. He also learns the truth about his father's terrible fear of the sea.

Product Description: Book by Barczi, Morgan

Product Description: Ray Coppinger, biologist, dog behaviorist, and fisherman, introduces readers to the surprising attributes of Flounderhounders, Maine Bow Dogs, Stringer Spaniels, and more in this sly appraisal of the quirks of dog lovers, fishermen, and everyone in between.